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The Predator-in-Chief wasted no time in attacking women’s reproductive rights in restricting funding for international women’s organizations and the nomination of known anti-abortion judge William Gorsuch to the supreme court. The republican health care proposal to repeal and replace Obamacare represents a dangerous escalation in the right wing war on women. Not only would Trumpcare do away with gender equity rules for insurance plans, it would require the exclusion of abortion care for any plan sold to individuals receiving a government subsidy, and it would defund Planned Parenthood.
The Trump administration threatens to drive back decades of progress on women’s rights. At the same time, a new generation of women activists has signaled its willingness to fight for full equality in movements against sexual violence on college campuses. We urgently need to build a new women’s movement that will fight to extend women’s reproductive rights, counter Trump’s emboldening of sexists, and unite with the movements for immigrant rights, for LBGTQ rights, for Black Lives Matter and others to decisively defeat Trump and the billionaire class.
After Women’s Day, the next date to prepare massive collective resistance is May Day, known and celebrated around the world as International Worker’s Day. Since May Day 2006, when strike action for immigrant rights succeeded in pushing back attacks from the Bush administration, this day has also been linked to the struggle against racism and for immigrant rights.
This May Day can be turned into a first major rally of resistance by women, immigrants, by students walking out and unions mobilizing against “right to work” (for less) legislation. Join us to build for such action from below and put pressure on labor, women, environmental and immigrant rights leaders to come together and coordinate these efforts.
Trump’s despicable attitude towards women are a reflection of the vicious sexism that capitalist society constantly reinforces through stereotypes and systemic gender inequality. To truly end sexism, we need to take on the entire system that relies on inequality, both economic and social, to create huge profits for the few at the top.
As socialists, we fight for a society based on gender, racial and economic justice. For Socialist Alternative, the struggle against Trump and the billionaire class is part of a larger struggle to end the capitalist system as a whole.
Join us Thursday March 16 to discuss a new women’s movement as part of a larger Anti-Trump movement, and the need for a socialist transformation of society.
Speakers during the event will include:
A Bay Area Nurse to talk about single payer
Darby Thomas, San Francisco DSA
Erin Brightwell, Socialist Alternative